Photo Coverage: On the Opening Night Red Carpet for JITNEY

By: Jan. 20, 2017
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The long-awaited Broadway debut of August Wilson's Jitney, directed by Tony Award winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson (The Piano Lesson, Seven Guitars, Gem of the Ocean), opened just last night at MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street). This production completes August Wilson's ten-play The American Century Cycle on Broadway.

Only one of the ten plays in two-time Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson's masterful The American Century Cycle has never been seen on Broadway - until now. Set in the 1970s, this richly textured piece follows a group of men trying to eke out a living by driving unlicensed cabs, or Jitneys. When the city threatens to board up the business and the boss' son returns from prison, tempers flare, potent secrets are revealed and the fragile threads binding these people together may come undone at last. MTC has a long history of co-producing works by this legendary playwright (King Hedley II, Seven Guitars and Piano Lesson) and is proud to produce this Broadway debut. Directing is Ruben Santiago-Hudson.

BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the red carpet arrivals below!

Photo Credit: Walter McBride

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Theatre Marquee

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Theatre Marquee

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Constanza Romero

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Constanza Romero

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John Legend

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Chrissy Teigen

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Molly Griggs

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Molly Griggs

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Chad L. Coleman

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Leslie Uggams

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Leslie Uggams

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Rema Webb

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Rema Webb

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Chuck Cooper

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Deborah Brevoort and Chuck Cooper

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Dale Soules

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Amirah Vann

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Amirah Vann

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Ben Vereen

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Clarke Peters

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Nikki M. James

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Nikki M. James

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Crystal A. Dickinson

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Crystal A. Dickinson

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Becky Ann Baker

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Ruben Santiago-Hudson

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Jeannie Brittan and Ruben Santiago-Hudson

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Trey Santiago-Hudson, Lily Santiago-Hudson, Jeannie Brittan and Ruben Santiago-Hudson

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Walter Bobbie

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Adriane Lenox

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Adriane Lenox

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Penelope Skinner

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Penelope Skinner and Donald Sage Mackay

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David Gallo

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David Gallo

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Molly Ranson

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Molly Ranson

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Lynne Meadow

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Barry Grove

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Lynne Meadow and Barry Grove

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Corey Stoll

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Corey Stoll and Nadia Bowers

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Tamara Tunie

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Tamara Tunie

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Matthew Lopez

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LaChanze

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LaChanze

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Terrence McNally with his husband Tom Kirdahy

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Lynn Nottage

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Sharon Washington

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Sharon Washington

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Jennifer Ikeda

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Jennifer Ikeda

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Carolyn Cantor

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Carolyn Cantor

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Chuck Cooper

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Deborah Brevoort

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Harry Lennix

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Harry Lennix



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